Is it permissible for the Imam to combine imprisonment with the flogging of the one who drinks intoxicants?
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The questioner : Is it permissible for the ruler to exercise independent legal reasoning to substitute imprisonment for flogging, or to add imprisonment to the flogging?
The Shaykh : There is nothing wrong with it. The flogging is obligatory, but imprisonment is permissible if he sees the public benefit in it.
The Shaykh : There is nothing wrong with it. The flogging is obligatory, but imprisonment is permissible if he sees the public benefit in it.